Yvette fussy cut flowers from pattern paper for this wonderful layout. I love how she framed her photo in a wreath shape and the muted colors of the botanicals gives an elegant look. She’s got a terrific tip of tracing … Read More...
1 Background Die 3 Ways
The new Folk Art background die from Sizzix is really versatile and can be used as the entire focus of card with just some added sentiments. Over on their blog they’ve got three ways to use it, ink blending, embossing … Read More...
Stamping Technique – One Pencil Shading Card
Jessica used just one pencil to add shading to her lovely floral card. She stamped in white ink one dark cardstock and used a white pencil to add the shading. It’s a simple technique but the results are really beautiful … Read More...
Mixed Media Coloring
Try mixing your media to get some new coloring looks. Kathy used Tombow markers with water for a watercoloring technique on this pretty rose stamp from Paper Smooches. To add extra depth and detail she then colored over top with … Read More...
Fussy Cut Flowers Layout
Jen Gallacher fussy cut flowers from pattern paper to create a lovely frame around her photo. The wood grain background, enamel dots and gold metallic title add to the trendy look. She’s sharing a process video over on her blog.… Read More...
Create Vellum Letters for Digital Scraping
Learn how to get the soft look of vellum on your digital scrapbook pages or cards. Jen White has a video tutorial on creating letters with a transparent vellum look using Photoshop.
Pool Page and How to Fix a Layout
I think we’ve all had times as scrapbookers when a layout just isn’t work out. Try not to get frustrated and take a little time to think it out, move elements around, change the background or the layout design. Victoria … Read More...
1 Die Used 3 Ways
Bibi Cameron shares how she made 3 lovely cards using just 1 die. With the Carnation Frame die from Simon Says she used it as an all over background as well as cut it apart. I love the metallic cardstock … Read More...
Card Background with Embossing Paste & Powder
To get the pretty background on this card Nicole added embossing paste partially over a stencil and then added embossing powder over top and heated it for a great shiny, textured look. It’s a great way to mix medias! I … Read More...
Create 3D Flowers for Scrapbook layouts
Lots and lots of flowers make a girly scrapbook layout bloom! There are many ready-made flower embellishments in the market, but you can make the embellishments yourself. That way you can easily make sure that the flowers have just the … Read More...
Patriotic Pups Scrapbook Page with Stamps
If you’re like me and do both card making and scrapbooking don’t forget to reach for your stamps when creating scrapbook pages. Steph created this adorable Patriotic Pups page with some great tips on using stamps like curving clear stamps, … Read More...
Digital Scrapbooking Curved Letter Banner
Jenifer is sharing some tips on how to create a curved letter banner to add to your digital scrapbook pages. She’s got step by step directions over on the Digital Scrapbooker blog.
-Heather
Sewing and Solid Stamps
Michelle added some great texture and color around her solid stamped flowers and leaves by sewing around them. She pierced holes along the edge of each image and then sewed a simple running stitch. This is a great way to … Read More...
Frosty Treat Card Backgrounds
Lisa Spangler has some fun card background techniques for these yummy frosty treat cards. She used watercolors with salt, embossing powders and a straw blowing technique for a cool mix of textures, patterns and colors.
Hero Hues Inks 10 Ways
Hero Arts has recently introduced their new Hero Hues ink pads. These inks react with water and are blendable so you can achieve trendy ink blended backgrounds, splashy watercolor looks and more. Carrisa with Ellen Hutson has 10 different way … Read More...
Fairy Card Partial Inked Background
To create a sunset horizon on her sweet card Emelie masked off the bottom half of her card and inked just the top. This is an easy way to delineate areas of your card with out adding extra paper. I … Read More...
Ink Blending Over Embossing
Using the pretty new Blender Brushes from Taylored Expressions Noriko created this stunning card. She dry embossed her cardstock with an embossing folder and then used different ink pads and the brushes to ink over top to create a wonderful … Read More...
3 Layouts with Only 1 Sheet of Paper
Natasha used just one sheet of pattern paper along with stickers and embellishments from Altenew to create 3 scrapbook pages. By using 3 sections of the paper, one on each page, she really got her monies worth from just one … Read More...
Fringed Circle Layout
The large circle with fringe on this layout really pulls the eye into the center of the page, focusing on the photos. And adds extra texture as well. It was made by tracing a large round plate onto pattern paper … Read More...
How to Watercolor with Ink Pads
Want the trendy watercolor look but don’t have any watercolors? No problem, use your dye based ink pads instead. I’ll show you how to watercolor with the Stampin’ Up Classic Ink Pads from Stampin Up using the new Free as … Read More...